Greenwald satire

Glenn Greenwald.

I read Glenn Greenwald every day because he's what every investigative journalist should be: smart, logical, honest and penetrating. He says things no one else says and always stands up for what's right. Of all the bloggers I read, I most value Greenwald.

He's got a great satirical column up today. Give it a read. Satire is a great thing to do with one's anger, and no one does it better than Greenwald. The column is downright scathing.

Digby on conservatives and satire

An echo from digby this morning about the topic I raised a few posts down, i.e., conservatives don't get satire:

This "study" is called "The Irony of Satire: Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report."

Except, you know, the liberals are not "seeing what they want to see." It is satire! That is not an opinion. The liberals are factually correct and the conservatives are blithering idiots.

Wingnuts don't get satire

The perfect Republican.

I suspect my readers already know that wingnuts don't get satire. They don't know what it is or what it's for. GOP types, Christianists, theists, fundies and sundry other wingnuts think The Colbert Report is a right-leaning show. I'll say it again: wingnuts don't get satire.

Of course, we progressives do get satire. It's not uncommon to see entirely satirical posts on many lefty blogs -- because we know our readers will get it. That's because the folks on our team have brains that work. But irony and satire have no meaning to rightwingers. They're just words, or more accurately, sounds.

This makes me wonder what goes through their minds when they read posts by, for instance, Digby. She never explains that she's kidding -- and they'd never know that she was. The words must clang inside their skulls.

"Why are these commies saying stuff I believe in?! Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!"

So here's what I'm thinking. Maybe we should only write satire, you know, to drive them mad(der).